[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71092-71093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23245]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, will submit the following 
public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided 
in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) 
is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the 
impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly 
assessed.
    Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning its 
proposed data collection instrument entitled: Field Network Pilot Study 
VISTA Cost Sharing Report Form and Survey. The information will be used 
by the Corporation's VISTA program to improve its understanding of the 
factors that determine cost sharing among VISTA sponsor organizations. 
The goal is to develop more effective strategies for encouraging cost 
sharing arrangements among VISTA sponsor organizations.
    Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TTY-TDD) may call (202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern 
time, Monday through Friday.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section by January 24, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:

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    (1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Attn: John Foster-Bey, Department of Research and Policy 
Development, Rm 10911, 1201 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom, 
Room 8100, at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9 
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    (3) By fax to: 202-606-3464, Attn: John Foster-Bey, Senior Advisor 
to Director for Research and Policy Development.
    (4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation is particularly interested 
in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Propose ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information to those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g. 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.

Background

    The Corporation has contracted with the Nelson A. Rockefeller 
Institute of Government to carry out a Field Network Pilot Study to 
analyze the potential for increasing the number of VISTA cost-share 
members. The Pilot Study will consider the implications of such 
expansion for the organizations where VISTA members serve (hereinafter 
``sponsors''), given the Corporation's commitment to serve communities 
in need.
    The Field Network Pilot Study VISTA Cost-Sharing Report Form and 
Survey will be used to assess the reasons why some sponsors cost-share 
and others do not; the effects of cost-sharing on sponsors; the 
potential for sponsors who are not currently cost-sharing to do so 
successfully in the future; current and potential sources of cost-share 
funds; and what actions the Corporation should take to help sponsors 
cost-share. Independent, local field researchers will be employed in 
collecting the information. During the data-gathering phase the 
researchers will refer to background information about the Corporation, 
the VISTA program, and the Field Network method.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: Field Network Pilot Study VISTA Cost Sharing Report Form and 
Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or 
tribal governments.
    Total Respondents: 1450.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1450 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

Robert Grimm,
Director, Department of Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 05-23245 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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